Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-16 | Page 3 | Russians Force Germans to Pay

RUSSIANS FORCE GERMANS TO PAY London, Nov. 16, 3:46 a. m A Copenhagen Co-penhagen dispatch to the Dally Mall says it is learned from Berlin that the Russians are imposing fines on thp conquered East Prussian towns, corresponding to the German fines imposed im-posed on Belgian towns. The military authorities in East Prussia, adds the dispatch, have given orders that as the Russians advance, the inhabitants must abandou thetr homes and remove all their flocks and herds, as well as their valuables, and burn their houses so as to pre vent the Russian subsisting on the country. Many villages are reported to have been evacuated already. The German general staff has issued is-sued urgent orders for 10,000 sledges for the winter campaign in Russia. oo